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AAA title eludes soccer team
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By Martha Dtfeado
The Lowell varsity toccc." tam
wax twice defeated by McAteci in
both Academic Athletic Asuicutwx*
(AAA) championship games.
Due to tfce'r Tint place AAA ranking,
McAtccr had to beat Lowell
twice to capture the liile. In the first
tame, the Indiana were shut-out. 2-0.
The second game also ended in u
Uiul-out, 1-0.
Despite the lost. Umrll umc in
scond and was invited to play in the
T vmamero of Champions, against
Mtt.mon'e High School of Mora^a.
hut tort, on Thursday November U.
Three team nOT*c:i we chtwer
fortheAH-City M>cccrteam Forward
Luis Cunx^les, halfback Hun; Ix.
and goalkeeper Kevin Rucda & made
** first team. Fullback Xcbbic
Chandler and forward Sc*a Folan
made the wi-onj ^un. *nd halfback
Jon Bcrmictn rtcttved honorable
mention.
Reflecting on the two championship
puna, coach Ernst Feibuich
fcL -* main lOion for the IOMO W»
ttot".. .the halfbmfc line was biiAcn
up. The line cuntioU the midikld. It
u your engine."
The earlier injuries of Bemvcin
and David HUB?, tccordic; to
f'S\ •«*: .really jflectedlhclincu|t
i^ .v it ^*. "A» lone at we tud the
i. K fC r"'crything was all right. But
ivcau>e of the two mjuna, they hcJ
toberrplaced.";*pUincd FcibuKh
Soplomnrc AiUm Mjttinc/ 2nd
frcxhnun Ta»* \oo Koch *ctc the
rrplaccmerus. Martinez, however,
became ill and was unable In pUy in
the championship ' the time the Irani playrd it* *ecoml
practice ganic agaimt Mann
Academy. "We mlly contc ioj;ctheT
jnd had it unlit the Uu fame of the
regular vMMin againu M.*Aiecr
which rcMilted in a tie. That Uvuid
havehcen j win." recalled Fcibutch.
"CKcfJI. uc had a gi«\l MUVKI.
It wtuld !uve tven nkc u> win ti (All-
("tt\ littc). However, if you have a
giK4 return
nc\t yea*-, leaving a hi£ gap in the
single*, pot mom. Ptato hope*
*opri.«W)fc Hncka Gcttman will ^ _
ret jm nc tt y car u* fill one of the two (jlf ^JI^
•.ingles pmi
Senior Tina Yu prepares to dctlvtr
a Mrong backhand.
Nod Haona returns
Scnitt? Angela Cheung end ?Ioe!
Hinai will !eavr rhitycar. Thi* will
give rcTTuinm$ junior vaniry playetk'
Judy Ixc. Nancy Lee, and Faunie
Chung a chance to play varsity ncut
year.'
Ihis year'* team improved in »tanding*
by cl:mb>ng one notch higher
to gel from their third place pmitioa
to vcond place. Yu cited team unity
as the team** ina)nr strength. "We
worked 'ogcther. We didn't really
tmc a bip %ur," the commented.
P.^lo added. "1 think *? hjd the
itronge-t *ing!ci pUycr^ ptntible.
They were cwut\tcnt. The double*
teamt. of count, were outstanding
lht-% year. They wurlcu ^*» Wvtl
t^gcttw*. I think our :uu manager*.
Angelita Marcclinoa-d MclU« L-UJ.
JHJ a icn'fi*. job, uvt "
In addition, U.well domiuuet* i^ve
Alt-City toumaircnt with r«nh
d-Hible^ teams p!ayinjc in the luuU
Junmr* Diane tlatmalc ar«l Hi*kli
Houtkiurprne ... Snwxr\
not really a prtrfnincnt sport in thu
school, so I dn-'n't rtpect it."
"I uarted (in weeer) when I was
old enough to kick." continc .* Lc.
"In Vietnam, soccer is pretty >.^ch
the national pastime. like football or
baseball is here. You could walk
down any street and find a soccer
Same gain; on."
Le arrived in the United States only
five yean ago. One of the fint people
he met. at A.P. Giannini Middle
School, was soccer coach Ernst Feibuicb's
son.
- "Coach Feibusch convinced me to
join the team at Lowdl." Le said.
"He** been very supportive, and he
has taught me a lot."
Even after the regular reason U
over, Le continues to play year-round
with the Soccer dub. an crgjtnuation
made up manly of tram members end
supporters.
Le hopes to jo to either Stanmrd
University ("If 1 can get in") or the
Uoiv -rsity of CcMornia at BcricUy
and major in engineering. He «U*>
Tapes to c-winoc playing ttcccr in
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"I've been plying soccer Hm
about ail rcy life," he muscu. "Why
should I itop now?"
"1 like lenniv becauve it's a
challenge to me ... In singles, i !uve
to go out and beat the penon on the
other siOe ol the net: I can't rely on
anyone r*:i m>M;lf." Mated senior
Tina vUi
Yu. December'* Athlete of the
Month, apparently knows u>w to
meet the challenge.
Third-iccded in girls' vanity
singles, Yu was undefeated this
season with a record of 11-0.
"I consider her a valuable teammate
... she always pulh through
for the team ... the'* really constitent."
commented iccot -i-%ecded
player Traci Colcman.
Ccach Barbara Pnto emphasized
Yu's achicvemenu. stating. "She
won Mmc krv match points for tt*
against St. Rote and Lincoln."
Praio alvo notAl that in the tournament
against Mercy. Yu won the
match by winning the first —•
klentifKatiorJ
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don't care a
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tification if n
in a bi^
Crbcia.
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one store o
anonym -us
"If a kid u
1 wouldn't !•